Love Is A Greater Mystery Than Death.

Until The Eighties, Oslo Was A Rather Boring Town, But It's Changed A Lot, And Is Now Much More Cosmopolitan. If I Go Downtown, I Visit The Harbour To See The Tall Ships And The Ferries, And To Admire The Modern Architecture Such As The Opera House Or The New Astrup Fearnley Museum On The Water's Edge.

Everything You Do Leaves Traces, Doesn't It. The Life You've Lived Is Written All Over You, For Those Who Can Read.

I Don't Think I'll Ever Feel As Famous Or As Popular As I Felt When I Was A 17-year-old Soccer Player In Modle. Only About 20,000 People Live There And 12,000 Of Them Come To Every Game. Running Onto The Pitch Each Week Was Just The Most Fantastic Feeling. Nothing Can Beat That.

You Get Spoiled As A Novelist Because You Get To Be The Director And The Editor, And You Play All The Parts, But As A Screenwriter, You Are A Bit Down The Ladder.

For Me, The Best Places To Write Are On Planes, Trains And At Airports. Not Hotel Rooms But Hotel Lobbies. I'm Really Happy When I'm Waiting For A Plane And The Message Comes That It's Three Hours Late. Great, I'll Get To Write!